Katara

//kə.tɑɹ(.ə)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کَٹَار (kaṭār) / कटार (kaṭār, “dagger, saber”).

Related phrases

push dagger

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